I recently did a fantasy baseball Q&A with The Fowl Balls.  Check it out....

Next up in our What It Takes To Win series, saves.  The goal here is to determine the stats needed to achieve fourth place in each of the ten common roto categories.  The league type: 12-team mixed with 14 hitters (2 catchers), 9 pitchers, 3 bench spots, 2 DL spots. In my two leagues last ...

Kevin writes in with a question: I had a thought about what "Integrity of the League" means to different people.  I have been told that this doesn't exist and you win at all costs (screw everyone else) and I have been told that this means a great deal, especially in pay leagues. So my...

The Orioles are next in our Offseason In Review series.  Click here to see what we wrote about the team on September 4th. Additions: Koji Uehara, Ty Wigginton, Rich Hill, Felix Pie, Cesar Izturis, Gregg Zaun, Ryan Freel, Adam Eaton, John Parrish, Mark Hendrickson, David Pauley, Brad Hennessey, ...

According to Andy Martino of the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Phillies made an offer to free agent lefty Will Ohman and are negotiating with his agent.  The offer was turned down and countered, and they're still talking.  Ohman's agent Page Odle says he has offers from three or four other te...

Cool stuff from Dave Cameron at FanGraphs.  He learned that over millions of plate appearances, "home team BABIP allowed is .295, while road team BABIP allowed is .302."  Cameron goes on to note: There’s a distinct advantage in being the home team in turning balls in play into ...

I'm liking the idea of taking a late-round flier on Chris Carpenter this year.  Carp's going at 302.35 (26th round).  We all know what he's capable of, but he hardly pitched in 2007 or 2008. Carpenter's first outing of the year was strong, and he's bounced back from injury before.  Th...

Our last closer report came back on January 15th, so it's time for a fresh update.  Draft round in parentheses. Red Sox - Jonathan Papelbon (5). Phillies - Brad Lidge (6). Mets - Francisco Rodriguez (7). Twins - Joe Nathan (7). Yankees - Mariano Rivera (7). Royals - Joakim Soria (8).  Sori...

Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects list came out today.  Let's look at those who have an estimated time of arrival of 2009, since these players might have an impact in fantasy baseball. 1. Matt Wieters, Orioles.  Eighth among fantasy catchers, even with only 375 ABs projected.  Add ...

4:46pm: Steve Gilbert of MLB.com talked to D'Backs GM Josh Byrnes.  Byrnes is in regular contract with Cruz's agent Barry Praver, but has nothing new to report and is not talking to any teams about Cruz. 3:47pm: MLB.com's Kelly Theiser reports that the Twins have not even extended a formal offe...